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The Kingdom's Disdain (2020) is an ongoing series of fantasy novellas by Paul! Lang.The first book in the sequence, "Web of Bones", follows a young man with partial amnesia who knows two things: that he's from our world, and that he's not in our world anymore. He is in the Kingdom of Laskmeer, a land of magic and monsters. He takes on the name Cardinal and teams up with the stoic elf, Mad Crossbones, to become monster hunters. Also among the main cast is Sareash, the Princess of Aldroy, who's dealing with political conspiracies the looming threat of The Rot Lord, a god of decay.Cardinal doesn't remember his identity, but he does remember media and stories from our world. This makes Lampshade Hanging very common, as he recognizes tropes in this story from the video games he used to play.The first few books are about Cardinal and Sareash fighting monsters and learning new powers, but as the series goes on focus shifts to human enemies and complicated political divisions. Books in the series so far: Main Series: Web of Bones [1] Ten Thousand Teeth [2] House of Flies [3] Blood Drain [4] The Distants [5] Corpse Beetle [6] Sick Butterfly [7] The Spokes of Decay [8] The Nature of the Beast [9] Tie-In Books: The Tale of the Useless Prince (2021): A prequel set 10 years before the main story about the young life of Minister Lacturn. [10] Feast of Lights (2022): The holiday special, set between Corpse Beetle and Sick Butterfly. [11] The Chronicle of Quelk the Slime (2023) [12] Bru-Nack the Giant and his Eternal Stew (2023) note Written by Charles Cannon rather than Lang [13] Flydragon: A Tale of Evil in Noble Aldroy (Upcoming)
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Walking Wasteland
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Walking Wasteland: The Rot Lord, probably.
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Genre Savvy
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Genre Savvy: Cardinal applies fantasy tropes from video games and RPGs in our world to his life as a wizard in Laskmeer. However, he has about an equal chance of being this and Wrong Genre Savvy.
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Chariot Pulled by Cats
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Chariot Pulled by Cats: When he and Cardinal enter Aldroy in Web of Bones, Mad has animated four skeletons to pull their chariot. It causes a stir.
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The Swarm
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The Swarm: In House of Flies: The Yellow Horned Dancers; giant, highly territorial black-and-yellow crickets/locusts. They are herbivores, but highly territorial and when in a large enough group are capable of killing multiple people at once. Sareash finds some in the castle, even bigger than normal, who had killed at least two servant girls.
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Pest Controller
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Pest Controller: The Rot Lord is said to create and command plagues of bugs.
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Crapsack World
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Crapsack World: The Island of Laskmeer is an untamed wild crawling with deadly monsters and ancient curses. Add to that government corruption, inequality, and assassins ready to pounce at any moment.
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Non-Indicative Name
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Non-Indicative Name: Because he rode into Aldroy wearing all red in a chariot pulled by skeletons, Cardinal is given the rather frightening title of "Heretic Wizard, Bloodmage". This is despite the fact that (at the time) he knows no magic and it's Mad who controls the skeletons. This actually prompts Cardinal to learn magic, so that he can "live up to" his title.
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Break the Haughty: Edreimelech/Worm over the course of the books; constantly bested by people he considers inferior and failing to manipulate the Princess in "The Nature of The Beast".
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Fantastic Drug
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Fantastic Drug: Slich-grog, made from the sedating toxins of Mother Leeches.
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Even Evil Has Standards
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Even Evil Has Standards: Worm, who worships a God of Hate and prays for his enemies' agonizing downfall, is so horrified by Drathe's willingness to summon the Beast of the Gulch just to take over a hunting barrak that he drops his planned manipulations and joins his sworn enemies to stop her.
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I Just Want to Be Badass
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I Just Want to Be Badass: Cardinal's motivation.
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Black and Nerdy
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Black and Nerdy: Cardinal's knowledge of fantasy tropes imply he was this before being transported to Laskmeer.
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Wide-Eyed Idealist
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Wide-Eyed Idealist: Sareash.
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Shock and Awe
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Shock and Awe: One of Mad's spells lets him create and control electricity.
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Smug Snake
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Smug Snake: Or, Smug Worm in this case. Worm talks a big game, looks down on humans and has some talent; but he's actually the apprentice assassin and eventually beaten by a human.
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Christmas Special: Feast of Lights.
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Affably Evil
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Affably Evil; Zaiveeur the Clokken, in contrast to his partner Worm
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Jumped at the Call
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Jumped at the Call: After some understandable terror at waking up with no memory in a giant spider's web, Cardinal decides pretty much immediately to join Mad on his quest.
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Humans Are White
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Humans Are White: Averted. Most of the people of Aldroy are brown/tan, but some are darker or fairer and aren't seen as unusual. When it comes to humans, skin tone doesn't denote "Race" as much as culture and religion do.
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Dark Is Not Evil
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Dark Is Not Evil: Mad Crossbones I a necromancer who enchants skeletons to pull his chariot and experiments on dead bodies. He's not a villain, though, and frequently saves lives as both a physician and monster hunter; and though he isn't exactly sentimental, he has enough compassion to swiftly put victims of the mother leeches out of their misery rather than wait until later.
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Fantasy Counterpart Culture
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Fantasy Counterpart Culture: Laskmeer appears to be a combination of Medieval European Fantasy and various Middle Eastern/Arabic cultures. Most characters resemble the latter in physical appearance. The people of Calde are also said to be a partial stand-in for the occupied Israel of the Bible.
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Enemy Mine
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Edreimelech, AKA Worm, is a haughty, racist, hypocritical assassin. But he joins up with the heroes when he disagrees with just ''how'' their other enemies behave.
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The Conspiracy
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The Conspiracy: In House of Flies, Cardinal overhears what sounds like one. Minister Lacturn has hired hitmen to kill the King.
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Names to Run Away from Really Fast
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Names to Run Away from Really Fast: Nobody called "The Rot Lord" is good news. Subverted by Mad Crossbones, who you only really need to fear if you're a monster; and "Heretic Wizard, Bloodmage", because... see Non-Indicative Name.
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Panthera Awesome
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Panthera Awesome: In Ten Thousand Teeth, the Zarklago.
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An Ice Person
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An Ice Person: Some of Mad's go-to spells are ice based.
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Fantasy Counterpart Religion
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Fantasy Counterpart Religion: The Book of Law and Promises resembles The Bible; specifically, the story of King Aheerum and his treasonous son, Accor, pulls directly from David and Absalom.
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The Power of Hate
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The Power of Hate: Both Valsrofen and the Decay Beam can only be used if one truly hates their opponent.
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Mentor Occupational Hazard
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Mentor Occupational Hazard: Thermavorous dies at Sareash's hand.
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Trauma Conga Line
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Trauma Conga Line: Both Cardinal and Sareash go through this in Blood Drain. Cardinal because of the graphic fight against the mother leeches and perceived lack of respect from his party; and Sareash due to witnessing true poverty for the first time and general tiredness.
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Dragons Are Divine
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Dragons Are Divine: The people of Laskmeer primarily worship a Dragon God, Bal'zomest; while those on Alto-Samar worship Bal'zomest's son, Balsameth. They revere dragons so much that their units of measurements are based on dragon claws.
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The Comically Serious
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The Comically Serious: Mad Crossbones and Trog.
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Breather Episode
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Breather Episode: After all the loss, betrayals, and deaths throughout the series, Feast of Lights focuses on the members of Night Star simply celebrating the titular holiday.
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Star Wars (Franchise)
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Names his first shortsword Luke Skywalker and his third one Ewok.
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Bratty Half-Pint
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Bratty Half-Pint: When Sareash was little, she ran around hitting the servants over the head and calling them goblins. Subverted, in that a calm rebuke from Thermavorous sets her straight.
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Crystal Dragon Jesus
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Crystal Dragon Jesus: Almost literally; lampshaded by Cardinal:
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Grappling-Hook Pistol
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Grappling-Hook Pistol: Zaveur weilds dual harpoon guns and uses then to both attack and move in fights.
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Above Good and Evil
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Above Good and Evil: Mad, if he bothers to even think about the concept at all.
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Badass Boast
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Badass Boast: Cardinal attempts this when he bravely confronts Edreimelech. Unfortunately, he's drunk off his ass, so all he says is, "If I had a sword, I'd stab you with it!"
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Desperately Looking for a Purpose in Life
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Desperately Looking for a Purpose in Life: Cardinal in the main series. Lacturn in "The Tale of the Useless Prince".
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The Chosen One
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The Chosen One: Sareash and Cardinal... or maybe just one or the other. Maybe.
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Meta Guy
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Meta Guy: Cardinal, mentioned above. Especially in his narration chapters.
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Giant Spider
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Giant Spider: They "greet" Cardinal to this world and us to the story.
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Lizard Folk
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Lizard Folk: The Clokken people.
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Odd Name Out
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Odd Name Out: Most of the books are named after a monster that the group battles, but "The Distants" comes from a Clokken word for unclose acquaintances, instead.
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Identity Amnesia: Cardinal remembers most things from our world; video games, hamburgers, Luke Skywalker, etc. He doesn't remember his own name or much about his life.
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Cool Sword
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Cool Sword: The castle has a whole Hall of them. Valsrofen, the Untainted Blade, is the coolest; at least in Sareash's eyes. According to legend, it was forged by a Dragon God and won't strike anybody the wielder loves. (This has yet to be tested in modern times) Though it's described as rusty and "not that important", General Turp Glurbob’s Goblin Swatter has a cool name and may fit some readers' personal aesthetic more than the shiny Valsrofen.
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Obfuscating Stupidity
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Obfuscating Stupidity: "The key to getting away with manipulation was to always act the fool, and Lactrun made sure to do that at all times."
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Deadpan Snarker: Cardinal, especially in his narration chapters where we get to read his unfiltered thoughts.
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What You Are in the Dark
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What You Are in the Dark: Blood Knight Sareash ultimately spares Worm, a man she fully intended to murder as brutally as possible; while Cardinal, normally the group's Nice Guy, masters enough raw hate to kill Zaiveeur, an opponent he previously regarded as a friend.
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Wicked Stepmother
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Wicked Stepmother: How Sareash views Lady Solth. She's not wicked, their personalities just clash; but she saves her stepdaughter's life
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Epic Fail
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Epic Fail: Drunk!Cardinal trying to take on the assassin. The Elf doesn't even take him seriously.
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Take That!
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Take That!!: One of Cardinal's few personal memories is being annoyed by a classmate who wouldn't stop talking about Homestuck.
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Trapped in Another World
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Trapped in Another World: Cardinal, technically; though much like Phillip J. Fry, he seems to get on BETTER in Laskmeer than he did in our world.
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Living Clothes
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Living Clothes: Cardinal's red robes have the instinct to protect their wearer, and can produce teeth and claws.
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Blended Family Drama
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Blended Family Drama: Sareash doesn't get along with her stepmother, Lady Solth.
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Shrouded in Myth
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Shrouded in Myth: The Rot Lord. Apparently, no concrete lore exists around him, but he was adopted from a figure named "The Dirt King" by the Goblins who inhabited Laskmeer before humans took it. Current residents blame him for misfortune, but nobody has a concrete perception of him.
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Dem Bones
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Dem Bones: Mad's "bone boys".
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Shout-Out
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Shout-Out: Due to Cardinal being something of a geek from our dimension he: Names his first shortsword Luke Skywalker and his third one Ewok. Names a spell that allows him to jump high "Mario Jump". Names his new horse Rainbow Dash.
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Rags to Riches
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Rags to Riches: Lady Sloth was born to peasants before she married the King.
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Necromancer: Mad is a rare heroic(ish) example.
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Anti-Villain: Edreimelech, AKA Worm, is a haughty, racist, hypocritical assassin. But he joins up with the heroes when he disagrees with just ''how'' their other enemies behave. Lacturn wants every member of the royal family's head on a pike. However, his ultimate goal is a better Kingdom for the masses. Zaiveeur is a hitman, but a pleasant guy who genuinely likes Cardinal.
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High Fantasy
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SwordsAndSorcery
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Swords and Sorcery: The two most prevalent studies of combats are swordsmanship and spellcasting.
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Action Girl
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Action Girl: Sareash would rather practice with her sword than talk politics.
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Animesque
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Animesque: Combat is inspired by anime battle scenes, and Gamoriel takes the form of a chibi.
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Parasitic Horror
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Parasitic Horror: The Mother Leeches.
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The Dung Ages
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The Dung Ages: In "Blood Drain", the village of Qe'Lam is smelly, poor, and implied to be covered in poop.
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Manchild: The King, though it's downplayed.
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Hate Sink
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Hate Sink: Worm the Elf Assassin is arrogant and mean whether you're his enemy or his ally, though he may cross into Love to Hate for some.
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Blue-and-Orange Morality: Zaiveeur, and Clokkens in general, has a moral code. It's just alien to most humanoids.
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Monster of the Week
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Monster of the Week: The first few books, at least, are each named after a monster the heroes must take down; the Mountain Recluse, Zarklago, a group of giant Yellow Horned Dancers, and Mother Leeches.
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Jerkass: Worm of the Shadow League stands out. Unlike Mad, who is simply apathetic to others' emotions, or the monsters, who kill from instinct, Worm actively seeks to belittle his opponents and is even unpleasant to his allies.
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Distracted by the Sexy
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Distracted by the Sexy: When he and Mad dine at the inn in Web of Bones, Cardinal spends a lot of time checking out the innkeeper.
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Food Porn: Or alchohol porn; the Hot Swolt in "Blood Drain" is described as tasting like cinnamon and burnt wood; and feeling smooth and warm going down. Kind of like a hot Old Fashioned/Old Smokey.
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Mercy Kill
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Mercy Kill: Mad uses these exact words when he kills the mother leeches' victims in Blood Drain.
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Mix-and-Match Critters: The Yellow Horned Dancers are the color of bees or yellow jackets, chirp like crickets, devour like locusts, and are referred to in the title as "flies".
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Gold Digger
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Gold Digger: Lady Sloth's primary reason for marrying the King. Though she also at least likes him as a person and given her background, can you blame her?
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Dude, Where's My Respect?
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Dude, Where's My Respect?: In "Blood Drain", Cardinal runs off because he feels disrespected by his party members, despite risking his life for them multiple times.
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Running Gag
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Running Gag: Cardinal's swords breaking in battle and him having to get a new one.
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You Mean X Mas: The titular "Feast of Lights".
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Accidental Murder: While slaying the Yellow Horned Dancers, Shareash unwittingly kills Thermavorous. This earns her a discreet exile.
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Innocently Insensitive
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Innocently Insensitive: Due to her sheltered upbringing and headstrong nature, Sareash sometimes insults others without meaning to. This actually causes friction with Cardinal in "Blood Drain".
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